Jolly good! Founder of raw food company shares his story

10:59 AM,
Jan. 7, 2013

Chris Jolly of Avon-by-the-Sea is the founder of Live Jolly Foods ? a full-service raw food company.

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Chris Jolly
For the Asbury Park Press

I used to be a kitchen manager at the largest chain steakhouse in the world. In fact, I was well on my way to being proprietor of my own store, a lucrative position for someone so young.

My transition from the standard American diet to a plant-based one began when I spoke to a coworker doing a week-long fast. At the time I knew little about fasting, except that it was supposed to have a range of health benefits. I was interested enough to give it a try.

The experience was the start of my shift away from being a card-carrying member of the Macho American Meat-Eaters Club to the founder of Live Jolly Foods - a ...